Senior Production Engineer

Lightspark

$120K — $145K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Production/Site Reliability/DevOps Engineering experience
  • Experience in writing high-quality, well-tested code
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams
  • Cloud infrastructure knowledge, particularly in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
  • Preferred experience with high-level programming languages such as Python
  • Willingness to relocate to Los Angeles or travel to the office monthly
  • CS degree or equivalent experience is preferred but not mandatory

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, scale, secure, and maintain production services
  • Write or improve code frameworks for monitoring, logging, and database access
  • Embrace a learning mindset in a collaborative environment
  • Optimize core infrastructure to support new features
  • Join the on-call rotation and assist with debugging complex issues

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment
  • Focus on building world-changing software
  • Emphasis on achieving engineering excellence
  • Collaborative workplace culture
  • Support for professional growth and learning
Full Job Description
We are looking for engineers who thrive in entrepreneurial environments, enjoy writing and shipping code fast, and can help us build out a great culture of engineering excellence. We're looking for people who are passionate about building world-changing software and solving complex problems to further our mission, as well as having fun along the way. As a Production Engineer, you'll build and integrate new experiences for Lightspark's customers, and optimize the performance, scalability, and reliability of Lightspark infrastructure.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
  • Designing, building, scaling, securing and maintaining production services
  • Writing or improving code frameworks (e.g. monitoring, logging, database access, authentication)
  • Desire to learn and grow in a highly collaborative environment
  • Building and optimizing core infrastructure to support new features and functionality
  • Joining the on-call rotation, supporting the Software Engineers, and debugging the hardest problems


WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
  • 5+ years of Production / Site Reliability / DevOps Engineering
  • Experience writing high quality and well tested code
  • Experience communicating and collaborating across technical and other cross functional teams
  • CS degree, or equivalent is ideal but not required. We appreciate and acknowledge that some of the best talent comes from non-traditional backgrounds.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code solutions (i.e. AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.)
  • Experience programming in high-level languages such as Python is preferred
  • Openness to relocate to Los Angeles, California, or ability to travel to the LA office on a monthly basis working remotely


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